Jurgen Klopp has made a huge mistake with Steven Gerrard - Jose Mourinho had it right

Jurgen Klopp and Steven Gerrard at Liverpool's training facilities at Melwood in December

The Reds are in disappointing form and the charismatic German is coming under pressure for the first time at Anfield.

Despite their scintillating brand of attacking football, the Reds are still leaking goals and appear to have surrendered their title charge already.

Gerrard lurking in the background will only gradually increase pressure on the former Borussia Dortmund chief.

He won’t do it deliberately. The Kop hero wants nothing but the best for his beloved Liverpool.

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But given his standing at the club, Gerrard will be viewed as a replacement for Klopp by fans – even though he’s a managerial rookie.

A similar situation happened at Newcastle in 2009 after Glen Roeder got the boot. Alan Shearer was drafted in to try and keep the Toon in the Premier League. It didn’t work out and Shearer remained in charge for only three games.

And to be fair to the ex-England skipper, he shunned repeated offers for an assistant manager’s role.